Roster for tonight's Flyers preseason opener

Chatted with Chris Pronger for about 40 minutes yesterday morning after some of his tweets about Flyers defensemen got some attention. Will use in a future piece at some point but figured I'd pass along a portion of the convo.

And, I also asked Mike Sullivan this morning about coaching with Torts at the 4 Nations:

Asked Rocky Thompson today how much pressure he feels personally to get the power play going, now that it's near the bottom of the league for the third straight season

www.nytimes.com/athletic/612...

Tortorella with a lengthy and detailed explanation on how he's handling Michkov before tonight's game in LA.

Also mentioned he met with the player after yesterday's game, and again today. (Translator Slava Kouznetsov is on the trip.)

Taking a few days off tomorrow/Friday for a family engagement, will be back for Saturday's home game.

BUT, I have a Q and A with Keith Jones going up first thing tomorrow morning at @theathletic.bsky.social.

Just FYI, I included in that recent piece the Michkov-Frost stuff put into the correct context.

Tortorella today on Matvei Michkov's Michigan attempts

Just a whole bunch of mediocrity after (and including?) the Rangers

Rookie scoring leaders after Michkov's first career three-point night last night

When Travis Konecny's house caught fire, Travis Sanheim had to call him and tell him what was going on.

Inside the special bond between the Flyers' two best players, now part of Team Canada for the 4-Nations.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...

Not in St. Louis tonight, but wrote a fairly lengthy feature today that will drop on Monday morning.